Networking Solutions for the

Future-Ready Enterprise

Kfir Alfandary – Network and Security Specialist

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Recognized for our vision and execution
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Data Center Networking
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Networking Product Solution Overview
Datacenter Networking

Fabric Spine Top-of-Rack/Leaf Blade IO/Leaf

FN-IOM for FX2

MXL/IOA
Z-Series S-Series for M1000e

End User Networking

Campus Core Access/Aggregation Wireless

C-Series N-Series & X-Series W-Series Aerohive

 Active Fabric—The un-chassis solution for the
future-ready data center
Conventional Core Dell Active FabricTM
Z-Series Spine

Recommended“ as an
alternative to chassis-
based switch
S-Series Leaf architectures”*

• Traditional chassis-based • Active Fabric solutions provide

architectures drive power, cooling, highly economical and scalable
and cost up alternatives to chassis designs
• N-tier architecture not optimized for • Reduce capital costs up to 70%,
modern workloads or traffic operational expense by up to 30%
patterns
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 Bringing IT all together—Enabling the future-ready
data center Hyper scale

1000’s of servers: Massively scalable Clos-based 40/100GbE

Enterprise scale spine-leaf + in-rack switching from 1GbE to 100GbE
Fabric scale

SMB scale

100’s of servers: Cost-effective 40/100GbE spine + in-

rack/leaf switching from 1GbE to 100GbE

10’s of servers: Cost-effective 40/100GbE spine +

in-rack/leaf switching from 1GbE to 100GbE

Workload/Server/VM density
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Dell Networking S3100 Series
1 Gigabit Ethernet (PoE+) Switch with OS9 Feature Set

• Up to 260 Gbps switch fabric capacity

• Supports up to 48 line-rate 1GbE ports per
switch and up to 312 1GbE ports in a six-unit stack
• Hot swap expansion module supporting dual
Dell Networking S3100 SFP+ and dual 10GBaseT
• Standard N-Series stacking cables and built-in ports
Products for cost-effective high-performance stacking at
Model Port configuration
up to 84 Gbps.
S3124 24x RJ45 10/100/1000 Mb ports, 2x SFP+ ports, 2 combo media ports, 2x • OS9 Software Base ensures availability of VLT,
stacking ports, 1x hot swap expansion module bay
VRF, Automation, SDN and L2/L3 features
S3124F 24x SFP 1000 Mb ports, 2x SFP+ ports, 2x combo media ports, 2x • Energy Efficient Ethernet and lower power PHYs
stacking ports, 1x hot swap expansion module bay
reduce power to inactive ports and idle links
S3124P 24x RJ45 10/100/1000 Mb PoE+ ports, 2x SFP+ ports, 2x combo media
ports, 2x stacking ports, 1x hot swap expansion module bay
• Tool-less ReadyRails™ significantly reduce rack
installation time
S3148* 48x RJ45 10/100/1000 Mb ports, 2x SFP+ ports, 2x combo media ports,
2x stacking ports, 1x hot swap expansion module bay
*Future
S3148P Internal48x
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RJ45 10/100/1000 Mb PoE+ ports, 2x SFP+ ports, 2x combo media
ports, 2x stacking ports, 1x hot swap expansion module bay
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 S4048 10/40GbE Open Networking in-rack switch
Latest 10/40GbE 1RU in-rack
switch
• 48 x 10GbE & 6 x 10GbE SFP+ ports
• 72 x 10GbE ports
• Advanced features VXLAN, larger tables,
expanded buffering vs. current generation

Purpose-built for server and

storage connectivity Dell Networking S4048-ON
• Ideal for high-performance 10GbE enterprise, mid-
market and HPC environments
• Cloud/Web2.0 Open Networking environment
• Complete OS9 feature set including SDN, Open
Automation, and virtualization features
1/2 1/2
Switching Power draw vs.
Dell innovation latency vs. Cisco Cisco Nexus
• Open Networking (ONIE) Nexus 5672 5672
• Fully tested and validated with 3rd party operating
systems
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S4048T 10G-BaseT in-rack switch
Latest 10GBase-T 1RU in-rack
switch
• 48 x 10GBase-T + 6 x 40GbE QSFP+ ports or 24 x
10GbE SFP+ with breakout cables
• DCB-enabled, VLT support, stacking, hardware
ready for L3 VXLAN Gateway, larger tables,
expanded buffering

Purpose-built for server and storage

copper connectivity Dell Networking S4048T-ON
• Ideal for high-performance 10GBase-T enterprise,
mid-market and HPC environments
• Cloud/Web2.0 Open Networking environment
• Complete OS9 feature set including SDN, Open
Automation, and virtualization features
40% 50%
Higher buffering Lower latency vs.
Dell innovation vs. current current
• Open Networking (ONIE) generation generation
• Fully tested and validated with 3rd party operating
systems
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 S6010 High-density 10/40GbE in-rack switch
High-performance, high-density
10/40GbE 1RU in-rack switch
• 32 x 40GbE or 96 x 10GbE + 8 x 40GbE
(w/breakout cables)
• New Features
– New Broadcom Trident 2+ chipset & Intel Rangeley
Quad Core CPU
– 30% more buffering, 4x larger Access Control Lists
– Hardware ready for L3 VXLAN Gateway
– High power optics on all ports
Dell Networking S6010-ON
Purpose-built for high-speed server and
storage connectivity
• Ideal for high-performance 40GbE enterprise, HPC, 30% 4x
Cloud/Web2.0 environments Higher buffering Larger ACLs
Dell innovation vs. current vs. current
• Open Networking (ONIE) generation generation
• Energy-efficient, low power solution, fresh air
capable
* Source: Competitive Data Sheets
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 Z9100 100GbE Open Networking spine switch
Multi-rate 100GbE 1RU spine
switch
• Multi-rate switching
– 32 ports x 40GbE or 100GbE
– 128 ports x 10GbE or 25GbE
– 64 ports x 50GbE.
– Additional 2 fixed 1/10 GbE SFP+ ports
• Support for Dell OS9.x & 3rd Party OS

Built for peak performance

• Cloud/Web2.0, HPC & Higher Ed, Government & Dell Networking Z9100-ON
Enterprise/Campus/DC interconnects
• Optimized for high performance, ultra-low latency
Data Center requirements
7X 3X
Dell innovation Higher density
• Open Networking (ONIE) Higher density
per RU vs
• Flexible & multi-rate (1 to 100GbE) per RU vs Cisco
Juniper
• QSFP28 100G form factor with low power, cost & Nexus 9504*
QFX10002*
space

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S6100 Multi-rate modular in-rack switch
Industry’s first multi-rate modular in-
rack switch
• Full multi-rate capabilities from 10-100GbE
• Modules:
– 16 x 40GbE (QSFP+)
– 8 x 100GbE (QSFP28, 4x25)
– 4 x 100GbE (CXP, 10x10) + 4 x 100GbE (4x25)

Purpose-built for high-speed server

and storage connectivity Dell Networking S6100-ON
• Ideal for high-performance multi-rate enterprise and
HPC environments
• Complete OS9 feature set including SDN, Open Investment Future-
Automation, and virtualization features Protection Ready
Dell innovation Modular Multi-rate 10-
• Open Networking (ONIE) configuration vs 100GbE vs
• Flexible design + multi-rate connectivity fixed on Cisco 40GbE only on
• QSFP28 100G form factor--low power, cost & space Nexus 3264Q Cisco 3264Q

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 MXL 10/40GbE I/O for PowerEdge m1000e

High-performance 10/40GbE
switching for the M1000e
• 32 x 10GbE internal ports
• Up to 6 x 40GbE external uplinks
• FlexIO ‘pay-as-you-grow’ modules
– 4 x 1/10GBase-T
PowerEdge 1000e
– 4 x 1/10GbE SFP+
– 4 x 2/4/8G Fibre Channel MXL for PowerEdge M1000e
Dell innovation
• High-density, non-blocking performance, low
latency, stacking and local switching 30% 60%
• FlexIO modules provides copper/fiber connectivity
options Faster VM Lower network
• Converged IO support consolidating Ethernet and migration time latency than
FCoE than Cisco UCS Cisco UCS

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FN-IOM Flexible IO solutions for PowerEdge FX2
Simplifies networking for FX2
deployments
• Server port aggregation simplifying cabling 8:1 PowerEdge FX2
• 3 SKU options
– 4 x 10GbE SFP+
– 2 x 10GBase-T
– 2 x 10GbE SFP+ 2 x 2/4/8G FC

Optimizes FX2 performance

• Enhances east-west traffic flows for superior Dell PowerEdge FN IO Module
network performance and improved server-to-
server communication
• Optimized performance for a converged LAN/SAN Simple, Flexible Networking
environment
• Plug-and-play, zero-touch networking
Dell Innovation • Multiple connectivity and feature-set
• Unique plug-and-play networking enabling zero- options
touch deployments
• Supports full Layer 2/3 switching with optional
software license
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Dell Networking Operating System Software

OS9
Over a decade of
customer-proven
innovation and
feature stability

Reliable operation Scalable performance Open Automation

• Industry hardened • Design and optimized for • Support for OpenFlow
modular software feature-rich operation at and industry-standard
architecture scale APIs
• Outfitted with advanced • Proven in the largest • RESTful APIs for
switching & routing most-demanding programmatic forwarding
features environments plane
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OS10—Software for the Open Networking era

DevOps NetOps

OS10
Native Linux Apps 3rd Party Apps OS10 Apps

Management Automation Common

Tools Tools Management
Services (CMS)

IP Services Fabric Services L2/L3 Protocols

Open Networking Premium
Software Security Services
package
Linux Networking Policy Control

Development Environment via Control Plane Services (CPS)

Dell Networking OS10 Base (Native Linux) Base

package
Platform Abstraction via OCP Switch Abstraction Interface (SAI)

Modern software for modern operations

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